After a long trip through the southern Balkans since we left Dubrovnik, we were finally on our way back to the EU, and the last country on our joint trip - Bulgaria. And as we made our way through the Macedonian and Bulgarian mountains the temperature reached new lows - being just a chilly 27C by mid morning! After sorting out Johan's onward travel to Bucharest at the station, we made our way to our hotel to drop off our bags before heading into the city proper....

After some busy days hopping through Greater Albania, Johan and I had arrived for a bit more of a relaxed time in Skopje. Although not being a particularly big city, we gave ourself two nights here so that we could catch up on some rest before the conclusion of the trip. Arriving in Skopje and getting to our apartment was a bit of a nightmare due to the lack of communication with our host - although costing just £32 for two nights for a two room apartment w...

After an afternoon in Albania, the following day we were on our way to Europe's newest country - Kosovo. Luckily the bus was running at 6am instead of 5, meaning we could have an extra hour in bed and therefore not get up until 5 in the morning - the luxuries of taking a holiday! After taking a five-or-so hour coach journey through the Albanian mountains we arrived on the outskirts of Prishtina city centre, and after dropping our bags off at our hotel, we headed...

Having originally envisaged a Balkan Tour some time ago visiting all the nations in the area, the biggest sticking point was getting from Montenegro to Albania. It looked as if the only way to undertake the journey was to spend all day on three separate legs making the way from Kotor to Tirana. Thinking that it may then be best to separate the trip into two week long legs, with the second beginning in Tirana I then accidentally stumbled across the newly set up t...